Stopping device for bottles.



No. 723,459. 'PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903 R. GROSS.

STOPPING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES.

APPLICATION I IL ED APR. 28, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT GROSS, OF RASTENBERG, GERMANY.

. STOPPING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,459, dated March24, 1903.

Application filed April 28, 1902. Serial No. 105045. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT GROSS, doctor of medicine, a subject of theGerman Emperor, and a resident of Rastenberg, Province of Thuringia,German Empire; have invented new and useful Improvements in StoppingDevices for Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for stopping bottles bymeans of corks.

The object of the improvement is to allow a secure stopping of bottlesby means of a cork lying across the neck of the bottle which can betaken out without the aid of a corkscrew and can be easily replaced andsecured in its position.

In the accompanying drawings the neck of a bottle provided with theimproved stopping device is shown in Figure 1 in a side View and in Fig.2 in a front view. Fig. 3 is a side view showing a modification of thedevice for locking the stopper in its position.

The end fof the neck 6 of the bottle is provided with two lugs g h,projecting above the neck of the bottle and properly rounded, so as toform a seat for the cork a, which is best of the usual cylindricalshape, but can be of rectangular or other cross-section, in which case,however, the hollow formed in the upper end of the neck of the bottlemust be of corresponding shape. Under the mouthpiece f of the neck ofthe bottle a ring '5 is fastened around the bottle, to which a lookingdevice is attached. This locking device can be of any suitableconstruction and may consist, for example, of a bent piece of metal I),which fits the upper curvature of the cork a, and of a locking device 0,which either consists of a suitably-bent metal strip or wire adapted togrip over the upwardly-bent end of the bent piece b or, as shown in Fig.3, of a vertical metal piece it, the upper end of which is bent at rightangles. In the latter case the end of the bent piece I) must be horizontal. The parallel ends of the both parts 1) and c are connected bymeans of a screw d or in any other suitable manner.

Having fully described my invention what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout, is- 6 Improved stopping device for bottles,consisting of two lateral lugs, vertically project ing' above the neckof the bottle, said lugs rounded so as to form a seat for the cork and alocking device for securing the cork in its position on the neck of thebottle, substantially as described and shown and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ROBERT GROSS.

Witnesses:

HENRY HASPER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

